PALISADE LAKES 6 SSE, COLORADO

Period of Record General Climate Summary - Growing Degree Days

Station:(056271) PALISADE LAKES 6 SSE
From Year=1947 To Year=1971
Growing Degree Days for Selected Base Temperature (F)
Base Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Annual
40 M 0 0 3 23 184 370 613 525 370 155 41 0 2285
40 S 0 0 3 26 210 581 1194 1719 2089 2244 2285 2285 2285
45 M 0 0 0 2 72 223 458 370 222 54 24 0 1425
45 S 0 0 0 3 75 297 756 1125 1347 1401 1425 1425 1425
50 M 0 0 0 0 13 93 304 219 90 10 13 0 742
50 S 0 0 0 0 13 106 409 628 719 729 742 742 742
55 M 0 0 0 0 1 22 152 88 14 0 6 0 282
55 S 0 0 0 0 1 22 174 263 276 276 282 282 282
60 M 0 0 0 0 0 2 37 19 2 0 2 0 62
60 S 0 0 0 0 0 2 39 59 60 60 62 62 62
Corn Growing Degree Days
50 M 0 0 13 61 190 319 440 387 316 219 72 2 2020
50 S 0 0 13 74 265 584 1024 1411 1726 1945 2018 2020 2020
M = Monthly Data
S - Running sum of monthly data.
Growing Degree Day units are computed as the difference between the daily average temperature and the base temperature. (Daily Ave. Temp. - Base Temp.) One unit is accumulated for each degree Fahrenheit the average temperature is above the base temperature. Negative numbers are discarded. Example: If the days high temperature was 95 and the low temperature was 51, the base 60 heating degree day units is ((95 + 51) / 2) - 60 = 13. This is done for each day of the month and summed.
Corn Growing Degree Day units have the limitations that the maximum daily temperatures greater than 86 F are set to 86 F and minimums less than 50 F are set to 50 F.
Table updated on Oct 31, 2012
Months with 5 or more missing days are not considered
Years with 1 or more missing months are not considered
Western Regional Climate Center, wrcc@dri.edu